Annual carbon emissions from bottom trawling—a popular fishing method used to capture seafood at the bottom of the ocean—is equivalent to around 40% of annual transportation emissions in the U.S., a ...

Bottom trawling, a fishing technique in which vessels drag weighted nets along the seafloor, has long been condemned by conservationists for disrupting seabed habitat and capturing species ...

Bottom trawling in European waters costs society up to €10.8 billion each year, according to a first-of-its-kind study released today. It found that this cost is largely due to carbon dioxide ...

Fishing with nets dragged across the seabed is causing serious harm to marine life, according to a report released by the marine conservation organization OceanCare on Wednesday. The practice ...

A new paper refutes previous findings on the amount of CO2 released from the seabed by bottom trawling. The previous paper made significant headlines around the world on release in 2021, as it equated ...

Boston MA: Bottom trawling, an industrial fishing method that drags large, heavy nets across the seafloor stirs up huge, billowing plumes of sediment on shallow seafloors that can be seen from space.

A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans. Renaca, Chile – A landmark ...

The bottom trawling fishing technique is more harmful to the environment than previously thought, according to a new study. While it has long been known that this method captures fish indiscriminately ...

Environmental groups urged the United Nations on Monday to ban so-called bottom trawl fishing in international waters, calling the practice the most destructive fishing practice on the high seas. In ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN initiative in partnership with Rolex. Amanda Vincent is a Rolex Awards Laureate. Every day, thousands of fishing boats around the world drag huge weighted nets ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For years marine biologists have been raising concerns about bottom trawling, a fishing technique that unintentionally scoops up non-targeted ...

A landmark agreement has been reached to end high seas bottom trawling, one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices, in nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans. Renaca, Chile – A landmark ...